The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-15

Gray upoa she scene % 1ness FORMER
Enc0untog.
GErrrssuRo. Pa, July A-Just - tho
clock In the tower OF the county court
house sunday night soundcd ths hrst
stroke Of twelve, tho midnight stiffness
was broken BY tho strains from bugle
Of sway Down Upon the Swanee River"
scarcely had its notes died away when
the members Of the Philadelphia brigade
and Pickstrs division began the cclebra-
ton Of the glorious Fourth with the boom.
Of cEuuon on East Cemetery Hill. and the
roar Of hrccrakcrs in the town. Pande-
onium reigned for an hour and . half. No
such noise has disturbed this little village
since the three memorable days Of IS.
Yesterday morning Il seven o'clock tho
mem bers Of Picketrs division proceeded
TO the courthouse and wero called 70
order BY Colonel Aylett
Some one proposed that every member
Of the division present should give TWEEN.
ty-five cents toward paying the expense
which Mrs. Pickett incurred on this visit
Tho proposition Was accepted with cheers,
and the way the money ratified on the
secretary's desk was a sufficient proof Of
the esteem IN which Mrs. Pickett il held
by the division
Resolutions wero then adopted. thank
ing the Philadelphia brigade for the hos
pitable manner in which they had treated
them. the town authorities for the way
they had received them, the town ofncials
for the trouble and lime they had given
TO bringing about this reunion and all
soldiers for their fraternal greeting.
The meeting then adjourned. and out.
side the building they joined in procession
with the Philadelphia brigade. Each
Pis kett man linking arms with q Phila-
delphian. the line procendei TO the Eagle
hotel, where the party took carriages and
started over the battle field In the hrst
carriage were Mrs. General Pickett and
her son George; Mrs. Charles Banes. wife
Of the commander OF the Philadelphia
brigade. and Colonel Bachelor Fully
one hundred carriages were In the line
which wendell its wag through the dust
OF the EN- mittsburg road to the Spangler
lane Into this they turned and procce !.
cd past the farm house TO the rising
ground beyond.
Here all alighted and then the word
went round that Mrs. Pickett was going
to hold reception on the very ground
over which her husbands command had
charged, and within few yards OF the
woods under whose cover he. twenty
years before, had formed his division.
The Pickett men were first formed in line
and one by one advanced and were intro
duced 70 the wife OF their old ommander
By Colonel Clopton, Of Richm oni. Wa. by
name stating their regiment and rank.
She had a word for all ard all had word
for her The Philadelphia brigade was
next presented Her son. George Pickett,
stood at her side and when she dropped .
hand it was al once grabbed bv him
The people then moved 70 the highest
ground and Colonel Bachelor formed the
survivors Of Kemper'.. Barnets's and
Armistead's brigade n P;ckett's division
! in the order they had been when the
| charge began, and asked the commander
Of each regiment to step forward and
| point out the position OF his command.
When this was done the party once more
| resumed their ride and took the following
| route; Out the Emmitts burg road, along
| Sickles' line to the peach orchard. thence
across the bloody wheat held to the
1 Devils Den Inn.r through the
Round Top. thence by the battlefield ave-
nue. along the Union line post the um
I brella copse Of trees at which Hancock
| fell wounded. by Bloody ANGLE the
"high-water mark Of the rebellion past
I Meade's quarters, through the beautiful
1 yationrl cemetery, and entered the town
| by the Baltimore pike, over which the
( Union troops retreatcd after the bloody
/ struggle Of the first day.
| Mrs. Pickett was the center OF attrac.
4 ton on the field She had gathered some
| daisies and mum Der Of the brigade asked
| her for a few. She gave them with q
| smile, and one by one they were given
4 away 70 he treasured as mementoes. Her
| autograph was also eagerly sought, and
| she refused no one.
| Geo Pickett showed the Associated
| Press correspondent the watch his father
/, carried during the charge II il me lium
| sized gold one. with the stars and stripes
| tni the stars and bars crossed on the lid;
| on the inside are the names OF the battles
| In which ne participated in the Mexican
| war.
| To say that Pickeft's men are pleasei
would be putting II lightly. They are de-
lighted with every thing and every body.
! In the words Of . Confederate soldier;
+, I'VE are pleased all TO pieces. but Cowar
this time has captured rs body and soul. =
| While the band was playing q medley
Of Confederate and Onion war songs a
the veterans were starting on their ride
over the field. il struck up ~ ankes
Doodle" Instantly rebel yell and a
Union cheer showed that the war song Of
their fathers above all others had touched
. sympathetic chord In the breasts Of
both
Last evening religious service was
held. In the absence OF the chaplain. Rev
J. K Demorest was asked TO speak before
gathering OF Picketrs msn. mainly q,
the courthouse. He spoke to them on the
subject OF the day. How much the liberty
and brothcrly feeling characteristic q
our land should endcar IL TO all citizens.
Last evening MIRA Pickett held recep
ton II the Pickett division headqu arters,
and Tor an hour shook the hand Of every
one presented 70 her Immediately after
the reception she was scrcnaded by the
Grand Army Of the Republic band. The
Pickett men then adjourned TO the garden
Of the house where the sixty ninth Penn
sylvania men were holding forth. Speech
making and toast offerings were then thu
order till late in the night
Cowan's battery and the Wheeler Rifles
departed 1T nine o'clock, and some Of thu
Philadelphia brigade also left for theiI
home. The Pickett division left at -Four
o'clock this NOR ming, aud the remaining
Philadelphians will leave about nine
o'clock.
The citizens feel highly elated 1t tn
success Of their efforts In bringing abou